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Biometric Id Cybersurveillance, Margaret Hu
Biometric Id Cybersurveillance, Margaret Hu
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The implementation of a universal digitalized biometric ID system risks normalizing and integrating mass cybersurveillance into the daily lives of ordinary citizens. ID documents such as driver’s licenses in some states and all U.S. passports are now implanted with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. In recent proposals, Congress has considered implementing a digitalized biometric identification card—such as a biometric-based, “high-tech” Social Security Card—which may eventually lead to the development of a universal multimodal biometric database (e.g., the collection of the digital photos, fingerprints, iris scans, and/or DNA of all citizens and noncitizens). Such “hightech” IDs, once merged with GPS-RFID tracking …
Order In The Desert: Law Abiding Behavior At Burning Man, Manuel A. Gómez
Order In The Desert: Law Abiding Behavior At Burning Man, Manuel A. Gómez
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A Bibliography Of Title Ix Of The Education Amendments Of 1972, Christine Iaconeta Dulac
A Bibliography Of Title Ix Of The Education Amendments Of 1972, Christine Iaconeta Dulac
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It has been thirty-five years since the passage of Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972. Title IX provides that no person shall be excluded from participation in any educational program or activity that receives federal funding. This legislation is credited with bolstering the participation rates of girls and women in athletics. Although athletics are not explicitly addressed in the statutory language, Title IX requires schools to offer male and female students equal opportunities to play sports, to give male and female athletes their fair share of athletic scholarship money, and to treat male and female athletes equally in …
State-Sponsored Religious Displays In The U.S. And Europe: Introduction, Mark L. Movsesian
State-Sponsored Religious Displays In The U.S. And Europe: Introduction, Mark L. Movsesian
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On June 22, 2012, the Center for Law and Religion proudly hosted, together with the Department of Law at Libera Universita Maria SS. Assunta (LUMSA), an international conference, State-Sponsored Religious Displays in the U.S. and Europe. Held at LUMSA's campus in Rome, Italy, the conference brought together leading American and European scholars, judges, and government officials to address the legality of public religious displays in different nations. Professor Silvio Ferrari of the University of Milan delivered the Conference Introduction. Panels included Cultural or Religious? Understanding Symbols in Public Places; The Lautsi Case and the Margin of Appreciation; and State-Sponsored Religious …